Huron-Fal
"We’ll go together then, shall we?"
Huron-Fal was an esteemed Venerable Dreadnought in the Death Guard Legion's Second Company during the Great Crusade, and took part in the Battle of Iota Horologi against the Xenos Jorgall.[1a]
Shortly afterward, he joined his Legion, as well as those of the Sons of Horus, Emperor's Children and World Eaters, in invading the planet Isstvan III to put down a rebellion raging there, and fought beside his Battle Brothers under the command of his friend Captain Ullis Temeter. Unfortunately for Huron-Fal, he was deemed too loyal to the Emperor by his Primarch Mortarion; thus, he was marked for death when the Horus Heresy began.[1b]
As the Legionaries continued to fight the rebellious Isstvanians, an order was given to their orbital fleets to launch deadly Life Eater Virus bombs - directly at the ground forces' positions. Temeter, having previously received a garbled warning from Lucius of the Emperor's Children, ordered his forces to seek shelter in nearby bunkers as he saw the bombs descend. While the Death Guard fled for safety, Huron-Fal asked Temeter who had given the order, but the Captain told his old friend there was no time to explain and to get his Battle Brothers into shelter.
They soon reached a nearby bunker and Huron-Fal urged Temeter to enter before the bombs landed, as his sealed Dreadnought armour would protect him. Temeter refused, however, while so many of his men were still trying to reach safety. Seconds later, the bombs detonated their payload and Temeter gave the order to seal the bunker before he collapsed, as the deadly virus effortlessly breached his armour. As his brothers who did not reach the bunkers died around him, Huron-Fal gathered the dying Captain in his arms; Temeter noticed that the Dreadnought's armour was breached. When the Captain asked why Huron-Fal had lied about his armour's seal, he simply replied "Veteran's prerogative."
With their end fast approaching and their flesh liquifying, Huron-Fal told the Captain they would die together, and carried the now-blind and near-death Temeter to a safe distance. With the last of his strength, Huron-fal stated this death was of their choosing, not one at the hands of those who had betrayed them; they would deny the traitors their victory. With a single burning nerve impulse, he overloaded his Dreadnought's reactor and the resulting explosion enveloped both of them.[1b]
